In a decayed Scottish fishing village, an outcast boy strikes up a friendship with a fisherman who believes himself to be Zorba.
Dokumentarischer Film-Essay, der sich aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven der Frage nähert, wie die Zukunft der Menschheit aussehen könnte. Dabei geht es nicht zuletzt um die Frage, welche Hoffnungen...
Life on Marywell Farm during the first years of the Taggart family's occupancy.
Tour of the Highlands and Islands in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Scenes include farming, fishing, mountain climbing, ships, and a brief shot of the 'talkies' being installed at Balmoral.
The wedding of Jock Lyon and Lorna Duncan at Greyfriars Church, Dumfries, February 23rd 1928.
An illustration of the various outdoor activities by youth groups at Glenmore Lodge in the Cairngorms.
Scenes of fishing boats arriving in Ullapool and landing their catch with shots of fishwives salting the fish. Amateur footage filmed in the early 1960s, including shots of three navy warships sailin...
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy sightseeing in Edinburgh where they visit the castle and make an appearance on stage at the Playhouse Cinema.
1930s footage of the Musselburgh fishing fleet at sea and at Stornoway and Mallaig, pre-war military activity around Oban and the Fisherrow Fisherman's Walk celebrations - also includes 1950s footage ...
Study of seals and sea-lions at Calderpark Zoo, Glasgow. Concludes with section showing seals giving display in a circus.
The children of Rosehearty Primary School join with older members of the village to record memories of the village in the early half of the century, illustrated by a varied montage of photographs. Inc...
Beautiful shots of fishing boats at Wick Harbour, including the loading of sheep and cattle onto the ferry. Features brief shots of a foal at the end.
Russian war drama about the love between a peasant girl and a Russian prince at the time of the Russian (February) Revolution in 1917. As a young peasant girl, Mary Warren (Geraldine Farrar) is being ...
The people of Lochgelly at work and play, with footage of wash day and playing golf and bowls.
A survey of Aberdeen's industries, including shipbuilding, granite quarrying, fishing, papermaking, textiles and light engineering.
A camel train approaches and enters the city. A panorama of the city taken from the sea. Tiffin (compressed camel or horse fodder) being unloaded from ships lying out to sea by surf boats. The men wor...
Pierre Schaeffer's music was the source of inspiration to remember the disappeared train track from Sant Feliu de Guíxols to Girona. Leaving the station of Sant Feliu, the main places of its route ar...
The film shows traditional farm life i the 1950s in a rural village in Western Norway before the land reallocation.
Events in 1962: state film award, parliamentary election, opening of the 1962 session of parliament, President Kekkonen departs for Moscow, President Kekkonen leaves for Paris, U Thant in Finland, mur...
Ruins of the Kaarti barracks building. Former execution site in Kruunuhaka, Helsinki. Mrs Helga Pedersen, Minister of Justice of Denmark, in Helsinki. 20th anniversary celebration of the Finnish Reser...
American film crew in Finland making a tourist film in colour. Technology students mark the 60th birthday of industrialist Wilhelm Wahlforss by offering him a helicopter flight from his villa in Toppe...
In the USA, prisoners of the Cuban revolution bargaining over their freedom; tractors in payment for liberty. Athlete Volmari Iso-Hollo visits a spa in Czechoslovakia (foreign material). The Mexican a...
UN General Secretary Dag Hammarskjöld is killed in an air crash on 17 September 1961; old material: Hammarskjöld at the airport in Seutula in 1958. Statue of author Juhani Aho revealed in Engelinauk...
Destructions in Stuttgart: main station, Schlossplatz, Rathausplatz, Schillerplatz; street traffic in the city center; removal of rubble; reconstruction; meeting with OB Dr. Arnulf Klett (1905-1974, f...